Will we ever see the Giants coming?
The team Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy put together since saying goodbye to Barry Bonds is the only National League team to win the World Series twice within three seasons since the Big Red Machine, yet the Giants...

Andre Ethier has returned from his deathbed as a baseball player so many times, it can’t really be a surprise that he’s played his way on to another postseason roster.
For the second consecutive year, Ethier sat out the first five months of the regular...

On an endless Monday afternoon with Chavez Ravine bursting at the pavilions with gasps and groans, the Dodgers and their fans tried everything.
Dave Roberts emptied his bullpen and nearly emptied his dugout while extending the game to more than four...

Reflecting on his first experience on the free-agent market, Chad Billingsley said he was surprised by the number of teams that were interested in him in the off-season.
He was also surprised that one particular team wasn't: the Dodgers.
"They didn't...

They play these games over and over during the course of six months, so every once in a while any team is going to suffer its share of little indignities.
The Dodgers did Tuesday night, not only being handled with relative ease by the worst team in...

KEY MOMENT: Jimmy Rollins said this game was like any other, but, of course, it wasn't. The game marked the first time Rollins played against the Phillies, with whom he spent the previous 15 seasons. It so happened that with the score tied, 7-7, in the...

With the 24th pick in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft Monday night, the Dodgers selected Walker Buehler, a right-handed pitcher from Vanderbilt.
Buehler, a junior, is relatively undersized for a pitching prospect at 6-foot-1, 160...

Chad Billingsley is now officially a former Dodger, as the Philadelphia Phillies announced Thursday they signed the 30-year-old right-hander to a one-year contract guaranteed for $1.5 million.
Because of elbow problems, Billingsley pitched only twice...

Former All-Star pitcher Dave Stewart is the new general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, meaning Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp is now without an agent.“He got me a deal,” Kemp said. “So I think I’m good until I’m 35.”Stewart negotiated the...

One year you’re the opening day starting shortstop. The next you’re designated for assignment.
Welcome to the world of Justin Sellers, who was DFA’d on Saturday when the Dodgers officially signed Cuban infielder Erisbel Arruebarrena.
Sellers could field...

PHOENIX — Paul Maholm understands that he could be asked to pitch out of the bullpen if Josh Beckett claims the fifth spot in the Dodgers rotation.Maholm said he was informed of the various ways he could be used during the talks that led to his...

PHOENIX — With Josh Beckett and Chad Billingsley recovering from major operations, the Dodgers solidified the back end of their rotation Saturday by signing veteran left-hander Paul Maholm to a one-year, $1.5-million contract.
Maholm, if anything, is...

Matt Kemp is aiming to return from his off-season ankle and shoulder operations in the Dodgers’ season-opening series in Australia. But Kemp's agent is advising him against pushing himself to play in the two-game set against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Yawn, the Dodgers are still there. Still looking extremely formidable, but with precious little new activity to get the fan base all riled anew.
And it could easily end this way, too, the Dodgers filling some utility and bullpen roles and still heading...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Dodgers left baseball's winter meetings Thursday with almost the same team as last season.
They didn't trade Matt Kemp. They didn't trade for David Price. They didn't sign Juan Uribe or anyone else who could start at third...

Want to know exactly how great it is to be the Dodgers these days? You can afford a $10-million insurance policy.
Meet Dan Haren, insurance. And yet more evidence of how polar opposite the Guggenheim Dodgers are from the ones taken into bankruptcy by...

The Dodgers are close to signing former All-Star Dan Haren, who could add depth to the battered back end of their rotation.
Haren agreed to a one-year, $10-million contract that includes a vesting option for 2015, according to people familiar with the...